Storing your HTML Files

It is usually best to have a place to put your pages, before you create them.
They will need a home...they are called "homepages" after all. At least they are
called homepages until "they" become more than "one". At that point, they are
called "websites".

Finding a webhosting service is not hard. I would
recommend that you sign up with a paid hosting company now that the costs
are so low. You can get hosting now for around $15/£8 per year. Obviously the more features and space you need the
price goes up - read on to find out what you should expect from web
hosting.

There are many
aspects you should look for when you are ready to pay for
webhosting...especially if you are designing a business site.

The first thing you should consider is the amount of space you will need. You
certainly won't want less than 30MB of space, and you will want even more than
that if you can afford it. The next thing that should be considered is the
servers reliability and speed. Is their guaranteed uptime at least 99%? Are they
using T3 connections? These are very important considerations. If your site
can't be accessed by your potential visitors half the time, or the pages take
four days to load, you have wasted your time designing the site, and your money
paying for webhosting. Ask these questions of potential webhosting services.

Next, you should see what extra features they offer. Some things to look for
are:

FTP transfer

Free e-mail accounts

Free autoresponders

Use of a CGI bin Secure server for SSL
transactions

A lot of bandwidth

Free registration or transfer of your domain
name

Web stats

PHP or ASP scripting support

Every webhosting service offers different things...some more, some less. The
important thing is to get what you are paying for. After taking into
consideration the first three important things, space, uptime, and connection,
you should go with the webhosting service that can offer you the most added
features for the money.

You will eventually want your own domain name, if you haven't already gotten
it. A domain name is "www.yourname.com". It is your web address that you will
use.

Getting your domain is a simple process. If the
webhosting service you sign up for offers to register your domain name, simply follow their instructions. Otherwise, i would
recommend one of the following domain name providers:

Simply go to their site, fill out the box that checks to see if the
name you want is taken or not, and if it isn't, proceed to the sign up
forms. After submitting the forms, it will take a couple of days for your
domain name to become active.